Online the records relating to the manuscripts 33.4.17 A and 33.4.17 B of the Library of Naples Conservatory

Wednesday 29 December 2021

Records relating to the manuscripts 33.4.17 A (olim A.54) and 33.4.17 B olim A.54) of the library of Naples conservatory are now online (higher level records are 10789 and 10815).

The two manuscripts were bound together in the nineteenth century; both date back to the mid-1600s. In the manuscript 33.4.17 A on the last folio the date “25 August 1669” is present. Music authors identified: Francesco Tenaglia, Antonio Cesti, Giacomo Carissimi, Carlo Caproli, Marc’Antonio Pasqualini, Giovanni Battista Mariani, Luigi Rossi, Marco Marazzoli.

33.4.17 B contains 25 cantatas and one aria. Music authors identified: Francesco Tenaglia, Antonio Cesti, Giacomo Carissimi, Carlo Caproli, Marc’Antonio Pasqualini, Giovanni Battista Mariani, Luigi Rossi, Marco Marazzoli.